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dye Duke m» Chronicle
Vol. 46-No. 9
Duke University, Durham, N. C.
Friday, November 10, 1950
THANKS FELLOWS
By devoting top headlines, lead
stories, and feature editorials to last
Saturday night's rampage, the Chronicle tliis week expresses its appreciation for a suddenly newsworthy
student body.
Homecoming Fires Provoke Judicial Action
Financial Program
Realizes $2 Million
During First Year
President Edens
Releases Figures
Hollis Edens, Unive
ident, announced this
$2,000,000 ot the Ui
$12,000,000 goal has be.
Jones Announces
Firecracker Rule
Of Judicial Board
Owning or Igniting
Expels Offenders
Meeting Tuesday night as
a result of the Saturday night
rioting, the Men's Student
Government Judicial Board
announced that beginning
week all students proven
r development of liana (4) an addition lo
■modeling of tl
ODK Announces 6 Candidates
During Traditional Ceremony
Itudent Activities Center. Four
and one-half million dollars is
being sought for the first three ol
these objectives.
After listing the objectives ol
the 1B50-51 campaign as "brains,
books, then bricks," Dr Eden;
emphasized that "Duke is nol
seeking to grow larger, but greater, increasing its ability to contribute to the welfare of the
South and the Nation."
Torchlight Rally
Tonight Precedes
Wake Forest Tilt
Duke students begin their
Wake Forest football week end
tonight at 7 o'clock by holding
a torch-light pep rally on the
ing band. Special efforts will be
made to attract other undergraduates besides freshmen, who
have made up the majority of
participants at rallies this y
More Cards
Card tricks will be used
this week, although the ra
the Georgia Tech game forced a
cancellation of card trick plan:
morrow include a script writinf
of "Hi Deacs" and a picture or
a Wake Forest Deacon.
Other tricks include a picture
of Billy Cox and an must rat
that depicts a football hitting
ground and exploding intc
Duke Blue Devil.
West Pushes East
In 'Barrow Sprint
Athletically inclined men wi
have a chance to display the:
skill at the annual Wheel barro>
Hace, Nov. 23, during the half
Every organ izatioi
West
■ than eight
lo push the wheelbarrow
i a coed must ride. The
ored girl will automat
candidate for Wheel bi
e chosen by
nw (Villi
med at s
rcipient of a "traveling trophy.
ooded figures placed six m
nicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leadership
r-mbership in its traditional manner. Those whose ;
ird Boshinski, John McMasters, Glen Merritt, John
ODK, which taps twice a year in this fashion, seel
Sership. The organize
i Robert Thomas,
Sophomore Class
Sponsors Contest
In School Oratory
Why the Need for Student
rernment at Duke?" will be
the subject for an oratorical con-
popaored by tbe sophomore
■ oftl
Entries must be in
day, Nov. 14, and the d:
contest and mn-offs will be a
nounced later. Speeches must
length.
Prizes will award to the wi
ners, the first being $25 and tl
second $15.
Donors of the prises aro Lip
comb-Gattis Co., B. C. Woodall
Sporting Goods Co., The Record
Bar, Radio Station WDNC, Di
ham Sporting Goods Co., Hera.
~m Papers, and the Duke Ui
irsity Book Store.
Further details on the conti
ST-103 i
Tom Sander.
taWished a
members of ODK are as
Edward Boshinski: I
Knpua. Beta Omega Sigi
ior 'Y' Cabinet, Pi Mu
Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi :
i Advir
■ Conn
Cil, Freshman *Y'
John McMasters: Red Friars,
President Kappa Alpha, President Junior Class, Varsity wrestling, Vice - President YMCA,
Secretary Sophomore Class,
Men's Student Government Association, Freshman Advisory
Council.
Glen Merritt: Tau Beta Pi,
Battalion Commander NROTC,
Choir, Glee Club, Pi Mu Epsilon.
John Putnam: Phi Beta Kappa. President Pi Mu Epsilon, Beta Omega Sigma, Choir. Glee
Club, Interfraternity Council,
Varsity baseball.
Arthur Steuer: Editor Duke
Horn, Marching Band, Chronicle, Archive. Theta Alpha Pi.
Robert Thomas: Phi Beta
'Duke Victory' Signals
To University for Help
a letter this week to the President: "You folks go on winning
football games and your seagoing
"Did the faculty and studenl
body of Duke know that a Vic
lory ship, named tor that famou;
school, had been resurrected
,■ that il
of all the Victory ships
i since the outbreak of the
I War, has developed no
riical defects of any kind,
s already acquired a repu-
on both coasts for depend-
crew o£ a Bhip named for a fa-
prestigc over the uncouth sailors
identified with ships bearing a
less illustrious name Possibly
in the world's waterfronts that
we are, in fact, a higher type of
Sparks asked President Edens
for "something from Duke University as a reminder to the men
velope Dr. Edens enclosed photographs of the campus, the University's history, a book of Duke
University etchings, some pen-
Blu.'
Any other
responding wltl !H ..r
se additional trno-
drcsft Ironi the
send mail to them through the
CiinoKii'Mt. P O Bok 4698, Duke
Station.
Duke Film Society
Offers 'Shoeshine'
Next on Program
the Duke Film Society will pre
sent "Shoeshine," noted Italiar
war movie, at 8 p.m., Nov. 13, ir
Branson Building, according tt
the organization's acting secre-
"" -garet Tillett.
of f
lirciuliin
Pipit," an English film of whi
sical wit which has been eor
pared to "Tight Little Islam1
Feb. 12, "The Titan," the sto
of Michaelangelo; March 1
"The Thirty-Nine Steps," a i
vival of an old English thrilli
April 9, "The Raven," a French
picture starring idol Pierre Fres-
East Invites West
To Baby Ball Dance
Taking thei
Thanksgiving week end social
whirl, freshmen and sophomore
coeds and their dates will walti
and jitterbug to tho music of thi
Ambassadors from
Ball,
innual B
sold for a maximum co:
$2.50 from 5 to 8 p.m. ir
East Union Lobby on Monday
through Wednesday.
Heading the Baby Ball Committee is Peyton Clements. Othei
members of the committee are:
Barbara Van Natta, Betty Trent-
man, Pat Rainey, Ann McElroy,
Pat Harney, Pat Anderson, Kay
Carter and Polly Winters.
Plans are being made for
serving coffee in the dorms before the dance i.o Ereshmen and
sophomores and their dates
WSGA Dollars
Prefer Bendix,
Reject Forum
The decision to allow firecracker throwers several days
explained by Jones as
i attempt to be fair to students
giving them ample time to
rar of the more stringent Ju-
cial Board policy.
No Warning
Up to this point, the board
is followed the policy of warn-
g students for a first offence
E campus for a second offense.
Also
t of Li
urday night epi
MSGA Executive Committee disclosed its belief that the burning
of homecoming displays is becoming a tradition and that consequently in coming years a safe
place will be provided where
homecoming displays may be
Officials Announce
Rooms and Content
For English Exam
.vill take the three hou
ts in the School of En
are exempt, but al
; at 7 o'clock.
rd in the exam will b
names from A-L, Science 123;
M-Q, Science 119; R, Science
114; and S-Z, West Duke 2D.
A. M. Baldwin Fund
Offers Noel Cards
Christmas cards go on sale this
week as a project of the Alice
M. Baldwin Scholarship Committee.
The Committee hopes to obtain
cards this year, and the students
are urged to send boxes home to
their parents. The cards feature
a design from chapel window
drawings by Professor Mueller.
Barbara Boyer is in charge of
selling cards to students.
Five hundred boxes of the '50
variety are ready for sale now,
and boxes of tho '48 and '49 cards
rlollar.
cards
?*,
Post-Midnight Burning
Costs University $2000
Campus Police, Student Reports Vary,
But All Agree Craven Had the Largest
By Fred Tybotjt
Chronicle Associate Editor
1 Burning of fraternity and freshman homecoming displays will cost the university approximately $2,000, aeeord-
' ing to W. E. Whitford, director of the Maintenance Depart-
I Damage done to the campus includes severely cracked
and broken flagstones of the Craven Quadrangle walk, a
. somewhat charred fraternity sign, lead melted in building
i windows, a burnt bush, and several charred grass plots
: | which will require reseeding.
's Student Govem-
ning "The Role of Women in
voted down by an overwhelming
majority, and it was recommended that the WSGA money h
vested in Bendix washing
attendance at j
The future of the 1
of the Pan-Hell
cHou
In
change in the Judicial Boacd
President Harriet Quillian cor
rected a recent error in thi
Chronicle, She pointed out tha
the proposal calls for a separati
oard, to be elected at the
ime as the house presidents
The proposal, which will be
Origin and Ten
origin of rind responsibili
the fire is still shroud;:
to Dean Robert B. Cox, who is
interviewing the students. The
ten names were taken of students believed by the police to
be taking an active part in the
dents are interviewed by Dean
Cox, the names of th.
Board.
o theM
H Ju
Bob Jones, chairman of the
udicial Board, announced Wed-
esday night that the board is
ow proceeding,to investigate
ie Saturday night burnings and
, how
■;,;;;-|.
e held.
According to the campus
lice report, the burning of the
displays started in Croweir
Quadrangle and then, in rapii
jok the majority of the names
iven to administration officials.
Laddering Ram
Highlight of the evening was
.sed by students
vail of the sectioi
he display. One
lightly injured
rom the ladder ■
ng to pull down
:okc bottles and
vcre also thrown
to scale the
and rip down
SutumnJBall Features
Coronation Ceremonies
Coronation ceremonies for the
Chanticleer Beauty Queen again
will highlight the annual
Thanksgiving Eve Coed Ball this
tcdr.escby night, Nov. 22.
The ball, sponsored by the
ial Standards Committee,
Streetcar Named Desire," a Warner Brothers production to be
released soon. Music for the
dance will be furnished by the
Duke Ambassadors.
Bid Pledges
This week coeds signed bid
pledges, which are not to cost
ad the :
■ts followed by ji
Thursday, and any left-over bids
freshmen today.
A breakfast for the Social
Standards Committee, their escorts, and guests will be held in
iho lliist Campus Union after the
(Continued on Page Six)
Reginald Kell, Clarinetist, Presents
Friday Night Chamber Music Concert
lemtaers of the Chamber Fla;
The English-born Kell h:
een in the United S
bout a year and has had rr
:ry as a chamber m
, including perfoi
the Hungarian and Buda-
Unfamiliar Shades
conclusively by saying that it
'is almost unbelievable that the
clarinet can be played with such
rone, such technique, such
ihades in expression, such al-
critic of the Boston Herald
mts: "I wouldn't have be-
it possible tor this insiru
o speak as Mr. Kell made
k."
is well known for his in-
ation of Mozart and the
'rat Times includto liim
Darius and Aram
The program offers a varied
election including compositions
y two very interesting modern
Darius Milliaud, in-
r of n
:. Khi).
s In n
and Piano in E Flat Major,"
Liszt's "Metphisto Waltz," Mil-
baud's "Suite pour Violin, Clar-
inette et Piano," Beethoven's
■Solium for Piano and Violin in
F Major," and Khachaturinn's
"Trio for Clarinet, Violin and
Piano."
Guest cards may be obtained
at the door. Cost for guests,
S2.00; for students, $1.00.
Proofs Due
All persons who had their picture taken for the Chantietcr.r
musi return proofs to Colonna
Studios Immediately. The Chon-
iiflr'fir announced today that unless these proofs are sent in,
sliidcnts will have no choice as
to what picture will be used.

dye Duke m» Chronicle
Vol. 46-No. 9
Duke University, Durham, N. C.
Friday, November 10, 1950
THANKS FELLOWS
By devoting top headlines, lead
stories, and feature editorials to last
Saturday night's rampage, the Chronicle tliis week expresses its appreciation for a suddenly newsworthy
student body.
Homecoming Fires Provoke Judicial Action
Financial Program
Realizes $2 Million
During First Year
President Edens
Releases Figures
Hollis Edens, Unive
ident, announced this
$2,000,000 ot the Ui
$12,000,000 goal has be.
Jones Announces
Firecracker Rule
Of Judicial Board
Owning or Igniting
Expels Offenders
Meeting Tuesday night as
a result of the Saturday night
rioting, the Men's Student
Government Judicial Board
announced that beginning
week all students proven
r development of liana (4) an addition lo
■modeling of tl
ODK Announces 6 Candidates
During Traditional Ceremony
Itudent Activities Center. Four
and one-half million dollars is
being sought for the first three ol
these objectives.
After listing the objectives ol
the 1B50-51 campaign as "brains,
books, then bricks," Dr Eden;
emphasized that "Duke is nol
seeking to grow larger, but greater, increasing its ability to contribute to the welfare of the
South and the Nation."
Torchlight Rally
Tonight Precedes
Wake Forest Tilt
Duke students begin their
Wake Forest football week end
tonight at 7 o'clock by holding
a torch-light pep rally on the
ing band. Special efforts will be
made to attract other undergraduates besides freshmen, who
have made up the majority of
participants at rallies this y
More Cards
Card tricks will be used
this week, although the ra
the Georgia Tech game forced a
cancellation of card trick plan:
morrow include a script writinf
of "Hi Deacs" and a picture or
a Wake Forest Deacon.
Other tricks include a picture
of Billy Cox and an must rat
that depicts a football hitting
ground and exploding intc
Duke Blue Devil.
West Pushes East
In 'Barrow Sprint
Athletically inclined men wi
have a chance to display the:
skill at the annual Wheel barro>
Hace, Nov. 23, during the half
Every organ izatioi
West
■ than eight
lo push the wheelbarrow
i a coed must ride. The
ored girl will automat
candidate for Wheel bi
e chosen by
nw (Villi
med at s
rcipient of a "traveling trophy.
ooded figures placed six m
nicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leadership
r-mbership in its traditional manner. Those whose ;
ird Boshinski, John McMasters, Glen Merritt, John
ODK, which taps twice a year in this fashion, seel
Sership. The organize
i Robert Thomas,
Sophomore Class
Sponsors Contest
In School Oratory
Why the Need for Student
rernment at Duke?" will be
the subject for an oratorical con-
popaored by tbe sophomore
■ oftl
Entries must be in
day, Nov. 14, and the d:
contest and mn-offs will be a
nounced later. Speeches must
length.
Prizes will award to the wi
ners, the first being $25 and tl
second $15.
Donors of the prises aro Lip
comb-Gattis Co., B. C. Woodall
Sporting Goods Co., The Record
Bar, Radio Station WDNC, Di
ham Sporting Goods Co., Hera.
~m Papers, and the Duke Ui
irsity Book Store.
Further details on the conti
ST-103 i
Tom Sander.
taWished a
members of ODK are as
Edward Boshinski: I
Knpua. Beta Omega Sigi
ior 'Y' Cabinet, Pi Mu
Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi :
i Advir
■ Conn
Cil, Freshman *Y'
John McMasters: Red Friars,
President Kappa Alpha, President Junior Class, Varsity wrestling, Vice - President YMCA,
Secretary Sophomore Class,
Men's Student Government Association, Freshman Advisory
Council.
Glen Merritt: Tau Beta Pi,
Battalion Commander NROTC,
Choir, Glee Club, Pi Mu Epsilon.
John Putnam: Phi Beta Kappa. President Pi Mu Epsilon, Beta Omega Sigma, Choir. Glee
Club, Interfraternity Council,
Varsity baseball.
Arthur Steuer: Editor Duke
Horn, Marching Band, Chronicle, Archive. Theta Alpha Pi.
Robert Thomas: Phi Beta
'Duke Victory' Signals
To University for Help
a letter this week to the President: "You folks go on winning
football games and your seagoing
"Did the faculty and studenl
body of Duke know that a Vic
lory ship, named tor that famou;
school, had been resurrected
,■ that il
of all the Victory ships
i since the outbreak of the
I War, has developed no
riical defects of any kind,
s already acquired a repu-
on both coasts for depend-
crew o£ a Bhip named for a fa-
prestigc over the uncouth sailors
identified with ships bearing a
less illustrious name Possibly
in the world's waterfronts that
we are, in fact, a higher type of
Sparks asked President Edens
for "something from Duke University as a reminder to the men
velope Dr. Edens enclosed photographs of the campus, the University's history, a book of Duke
University etchings, some pen-
Blu.'
Any other
responding wltl !H ..r
se additional trno-
drcsft Ironi the
send mail to them through the
CiinoKii'Mt. P O Bok 4698, Duke
Station.
Duke Film Society
Offers 'Shoeshine'
Next on Program
the Duke Film Society will pre
sent "Shoeshine," noted Italiar
war movie, at 8 p.m., Nov. 13, ir
Branson Building, according tt
the organization's acting secre-
"" -garet Tillett.
of f
lirciuliin
Pipit," an English film of whi
sical wit which has been eor
pared to "Tight Little Islam1
Feb. 12, "The Titan," the sto
of Michaelangelo; March 1
"The Thirty-Nine Steps," a i
vival of an old English thrilli
April 9, "The Raven," a French
picture starring idol Pierre Fres-
East Invites West
To Baby Ball Dance
Taking thei
Thanksgiving week end social
whirl, freshmen and sophomore
coeds and their dates will walti
and jitterbug to tho music of thi
Ambassadors from
Ball,
innual B
sold for a maximum co:
$2.50 from 5 to 8 p.m. ir
East Union Lobby on Monday
through Wednesday.
Heading the Baby Ball Committee is Peyton Clements. Othei
members of the committee are:
Barbara Van Natta, Betty Trent-
man, Pat Rainey, Ann McElroy,
Pat Harney, Pat Anderson, Kay
Carter and Polly Winters.
Plans are being made for
serving coffee in the dorms before the dance i.o Ereshmen and
sophomores and their dates
WSGA Dollars
Prefer Bendix,
Reject Forum
The decision to allow firecracker throwers several days
explained by Jones as
i attempt to be fair to students
giving them ample time to
rar of the more stringent Ju-
cial Board policy.
No Warning
Up to this point, the board
is followed the policy of warn-
g students for a first offence
E campus for a second offense.
Also
t of Li
urday night epi
MSGA Executive Committee disclosed its belief that the burning
of homecoming displays is becoming a tradition and that consequently in coming years a safe
place will be provided where
homecoming displays may be
Officials Announce
Rooms and Content
For English Exam
.vill take the three hou
ts in the School of En
are exempt, but al
; at 7 o'clock.
rd in the exam will b
names from A-L, Science 123;
M-Q, Science 119; R, Science
114; and S-Z, West Duke 2D.
A. M. Baldwin Fund
Offers Noel Cards
Christmas cards go on sale this
week as a project of the Alice
M. Baldwin Scholarship Committee.
The Committee hopes to obtain
cards this year, and the students
are urged to send boxes home to
their parents. The cards feature
a design from chapel window
drawings by Professor Mueller.
Barbara Boyer is in charge of
selling cards to students.
Five hundred boxes of the '50
variety are ready for sale now,
and boxes of tho '48 and '49 cards
rlollar.
cards
?*,
Post-Midnight Burning
Costs University $2000
Campus Police, Student Reports Vary,
But All Agree Craven Had the Largest
By Fred Tybotjt
Chronicle Associate Editor
1 Burning of fraternity and freshman homecoming displays will cost the university approximately $2,000, aeeord-
' ing to W. E. Whitford, director of the Maintenance Depart-
I Damage done to the campus includes severely cracked
and broken flagstones of the Craven Quadrangle walk, a
. somewhat charred fraternity sign, lead melted in building
i windows, a burnt bush, and several charred grass plots
: | which will require reseeding.
's Student Govem-
ning "The Role of Women in
voted down by an overwhelming
majority, and it was recommended that the WSGA money h
vested in Bendix washing
attendance at j
The future of the 1
of the Pan-Hell
cHou
In
change in the Judicial Boacd
President Harriet Quillian cor
rected a recent error in thi
Chronicle, She pointed out tha
the proposal calls for a separati
oard, to be elected at the
ime as the house presidents
The proposal, which will be
Origin and Ten
origin of rind responsibili
the fire is still shroud;:
to Dean Robert B. Cox, who is
interviewing the students. The
ten names were taken of students believed by the police to
be taking an active part in the
dents are interviewed by Dean
Cox, the names of th.
Board.
o theM
H Ju
Bob Jones, chairman of the
udicial Board, announced Wed-
esday night that the board is
ow proceeding,to investigate
ie Saturday night burnings and
, how
■;,;;;-|.
e held.
According to the campus
lice report, the burning of the
displays started in Croweir
Quadrangle and then, in rapii
jok the majority of the names
iven to administration officials.
Laddering Ram
Highlight of the evening was
.sed by students
vail of the sectioi
he display. One
lightly injured
rom the ladder ■
ng to pull down
:okc bottles and
vcre also thrown
to scale the
and rip down
SutumnJBall Features
Coronation Ceremonies
Coronation ceremonies for the
Chanticleer Beauty Queen again
will highlight the annual
Thanksgiving Eve Coed Ball this
tcdr.escby night, Nov. 22.
The ball, sponsored by the
ial Standards Committee,
Streetcar Named Desire," a Warner Brothers production to be
released soon. Music for the
dance will be furnished by the
Duke Ambassadors.
Bid Pledges
This week coeds signed bid
pledges, which are not to cost
ad the :
■ts followed by ji
Thursday, and any left-over bids
freshmen today.
A breakfast for the Social
Standards Committee, their escorts, and guests will be held in
iho lliist Campus Union after the
(Continued on Page Six)
Reginald Kell, Clarinetist, Presents
Friday Night Chamber Music Concert
lemtaers of the Chamber Fla;
The English-born Kell h:
een in the United S
bout a year and has had rr
:ry as a chamber m
, including perfoi
the Hungarian and Buda-
Unfamiliar Shades
conclusively by saying that it
'is almost unbelievable that the
clarinet can be played with such
rone, such technique, such
ihades in expression, such al-
critic of the Boston Herald
mts: "I wouldn't have be-
it possible tor this insiru
o speak as Mr. Kell made
k."
is well known for his in-
ation of Mozart and the
'rat Times includto liim
Darius and Aram
The program offers a varied
election including compositions
y two very interesting modern
Darius Milliaud, in-
r of n
:. Khi).
s In n
and Piano in E Flat Major,"
Liszt's "Metphisto Waltz," Mil-
baud's "Suite pour Violin, Clar-
inette et Piano," Beethoven's
■Solium for Piano and Violin in
F Major," and Khachaturinn's
"Trio for Clarinet, Violin and
Piano."
Guest cards may be obtained
at the door. Cost for guests,
S2.00; for students, $1.00.
Proofs Due
All persons who had their picture taken for the Chantietcr.r
musi return proofs to Colonna
Studios Immediately. The Chon-
iiflr'fir announced today that unless these proofs are sent in,
sliidcnts will have no choice as
to what picture will be used.